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FAQ: Poll Authors - Re-Push Requests

FAQ: Key Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index
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Polls that are accurate, up to date and complete are more fun and satisfying. It's hard to make a perfect poll and the quality has been tremendous, but errors do slip in.

What we are describing below is a process for supporting post launch poll revisions.

Note: if you are looking to close a no longer relevant poll, check this thread: FAQ: Poll Close Requests

If you're a poll author, I would encourage you to revisit your thread and decide whether the post-launch suggestions (or any new ideas you have) are worth incorporating. Some things to look for.

Always OK Revisions
* Missing discussion board links
* Typos in descriptive text.
* Missing an obvious choice (an obvious option was overlooked at the time of poll publish)
These are usually ok to add, as long as it is to the END of the list. It is good form to add the date you added this choice to the description field for that choice. That way someone looking at the results will not be surprised this obvious choice has so few votes compared to the original entries.

Sometimes OK Revisions
* Missing/weak descriptive text.
Important! Do not change the feel of the poll. If your poll was for favorites,it must stay that. If it's a worst poll it must stay that. Does this make sense? Otherwise you're changing historic votes. That is bad karma. Adding a little color or description that keeps the feel of the poll is ok.
* Changing A Poll Title
Mostly discouraged, except for adding a question-mark if appropriate.
* Updating a Poll Due to New Information.
A new creditable entry, not due to an oversight comes up (e.g. a new release). We would generally discourage this if the poll has more than a few hundred votes. You maybe should consider a new poll?
* Fixing a image for character polls

Very Rarely OK Revisions
* Deleting a Choice
* Re-Arranging and Order of A Choice
* Re-pushing to Replace Valid Options Without Votes
These used to be impossible, but they are rarely OK. It is allowable in the case they do NOT affect any live votes and the duplicate choice and ALL items following it in the list have ZERO votes. If you have any doubt, please post to your original thread before making this change; if you do it incorrectly, you will never be able to update your poll again!

How to Proceed

If you are the author and want your poll re-pushed, make the changes to your original list in accordance to the instructions above, then reply to this post with the URL of the poll. This gives us (and other users) a chance to see these in a consolidated place and not hunt through threads. If you are not the poll author, you must contact the author by private message or the poll thread (or one our poll admins may be able to help you make a case).

A re-push request on this thread will be considered if formatted as follows

Ensure your reply incorporates the Poll title in the title of the post.

    Poll Title: O',brother,sister, who art thou

    Poll URL: http://www.imdb.com/poll/wvdPChk96q8/

    List URL: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls059040806/

    Reason: Fixing capitalization in title (add much detail as you like)

Poll board members, please feel free to comment on the proposed revision and offer your support or rejection of the change.

It would be reasonable to cross post to the original poll suggestion thread, but this is optional.

Note 1: here's a useful trick. Can't guarantee this will work forever but it works now. If you want to find the list from a poll, substitute the word"list" for "poll" in the URL and the list id will come up.
e.g. http://www.imdb.com/poll/wvdPChk96q8/ -> http://www.imdb.com/list/wvdPChk96q8/ will 'automagically' transform to http://www.imdb.com/list/ls059040806/

-hb

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If there's still any confusion as to which polls will be re-pushed, please ask so that we can clarify this for everyone as soon as practical.

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4 months ago

Re-Push #1

Title: Face-Off: Favorite 'Alien' Franchise Synthetic

Thread: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/live-poll-faceoff-favorite-alien-franchise-synthetic/5f4a79aa8815453dba852cd0/

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/_6WRhhjVF8w/

Poll List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls066893772/

Corrections: Changed picture for option#1, added Alien Romulus synthetics, #6 Andy and #7 Rook

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3 months ago

Re-Push #1

Title: Most Anticipated Fall 2024 Theatrical Movie Release

Thread: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/live-poll-most-anticipated-fall-2024-theatrical-movie-release/6689da1c2fee75597123499a/

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/Au3I1sXeDx4/

Poll List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls541266275/

Corrections: Added #34 'The Apprentice' movie to the Fall 2024 theatrical release pool, Trump biopic just set release date for October 11th.

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3 months ago

Title: Favorite James Earl Jones Character

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls542022486

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/bdoLZyVXxhA/ 

Reason: I added a new option.

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3 months ago

Title: Canceled TV Series (2024)

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls541248391 

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/sIzfWOvAzJQ/ 

Reason: I added 2 new options.

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3 months ago

Re-Push #1

Title: Movie Sea Pirate Captain You Most Want To Emulate

Thread: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/live-poll-movie-sea-pirate-captain-you-most-want-to-emulate/66e91e43a2487401b37527e8/

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/A30mzXjQa5Y/

Poll List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls542763170/

Corrections: replaced images #4 Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa, #18 Jude Law as Captain Hook, #22 Douglas Fairbanks as The Duke of Arnoldo / "The Black Pirate",#25 Son Ye-jin as Captain Yeo-wol and, #34 Charles Laughton as Captain Kidd for better and more viewable images.

Also, #4 Captain Hector Barbossa and #22 The Black Pirate had the additional issue of not being linkable to the actor / title and not displaying both for polltakers to easily identify the choices when polltaking.

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Re-Push #1

Title: Movie Sea Pirate Captain You Most Want To Emulate

Movie Sea Pirate Captain You Most Want To Emulate

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3 months ago

Re-Push #2

Title: Most Anticipated Fall 2024 Theatrical Movie Release

Thread: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/live-poll-most-anticipated-fall-2024-theatrical-movie-release/6689da1c2fee75597123499a/

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/Au3I1sXeDx4/

Poll List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls541266275/

Corrections: A number schedule updates the past two weeks and new information make these Fall 2024 movie options more desirable, more applicable and more anticipated.

#20 swapped zero vote Hitpig (2024) (limited) for Clint Eastwood's Juror #2 (2024) (wide)

#26 swapped zero vote Unstoppable (2024) (limited) & a Amazon Prime streaming release for Small Things Like These (2024) (wide)

#35 added Pedro Almodóvar's English-language debut, Golden Lion Winner and Oscar-bait release The Room Next Door (2024)

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3 months ago

Face-Off: Galadriel vs. Galadriel

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls539499663/

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/pQh1-QPC6Ms/

Corrected typo in the second image

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3 months ago

Title: Canceled TV Series (2024)

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls541248391 

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/sIzfWOvAzJQ/ 

Reason: I added 2 new options.

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3 months ago

Title: Canceled TV Series (2024)

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls541248391 

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/sIzfWOvAzJQ/ 

Reason: I added 3 new options.

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3 months ago

Favorite Florence Pugh Movie

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls522483910/ 

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/2xXR_obIbnw/ 

Reason: New movie added today.

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3 months ago

Brad Pitt's Villainous Rivals

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls526208959/

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/EfJKhbA-oIQ/

Added one option at the end

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Murder, She Baked Franchise

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls527414585/ 

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/MNVRAQ1JhUU/

Reason: I added a new option.

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2 months ago

Title: IMDb Staff Picks to Watch in October 2024

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls542286164 

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/vkkyNsFcP4E/ 

Reason: I added 6 new options.

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2 months ago

Revisit Middle-earth!

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls538058705/

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/lzqY1WMoChw/

correction in the description